Can someone confirm this
2007-10-31 05:33:10 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Probably, I don't recall ever having seen any in the USA.
2007-10-31 05:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by Very happily married. 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Actually, in Michigan, for whatever reason, roundabout (not traffic circles, there is a difference) are making a strong emergence.
Our county (Livingston County) has 8 that I can think of with 28 more slated for installation in the next 5 years. About 1 1/2 year ago, they just opened a dual roundabout (two roundabouts right next to each other) and that's a really interesting setup.
Statewide, I know that there are a bunch on the Michigan State University campus, and some are springing up in Ann Arbor, and the suburbs of Detroit.
As for the rest of the country, I've encountered some in New England (Massachusettes, Connecticut) and one or two in Colorado. But that's about it.
2007-11-01 06:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by Zach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few in places like Boston, which is like a foreign country anyway. The problem I saw with them when I was there in '59 & '60 was that the law said the vehicle "IN" the rotary had the right of way but the State Vehicle Commissioner decided that the vehicle "Entering" should have the right of way. He made a verbal change to the law, which he was allowed to do, and no cop in the area would say who was in the wrong when an accident occured between someone entering and someone already in. Besides, they are an antiquated traffic control device. There are much better methods in this modern day and age.
2007-10-31 07:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by mustanger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are roundabouts in the U.S. It is not that popular like it is in some other countries.
I remember when they built one in my city a year ago. You could see a lot of drivers get to the roundabout and so confused and didn't know what to do. GO AROUND DUDE!!!
2007-11-01 04:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by pkdann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there are roundabouts in the US. I live in the USA and there are a few. Not very many though.
2007-10-31 05:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by en tu cabeza 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look at this really rivetting website for views of roundabouts in the USA
2007-10-31 05:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by Phil McCracken 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, when they redo intersections they are going more and more to the roundabouts. They just put 2 in a town near me, and I understand more are on the way...
2007-10-31 05:38:45 · answer #7 · answered by InjunRAIV 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not true. There are some in almost every state. We call them traffic circles. They aren't as common as they are in the UK and sometimes they don't work out that well in the US, depending on location and crazy drivers.
Washington DC has a lot.
2007-11-01 17:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by slipstreamer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO - there are 3 in my home town alone, one in the town I currently live in.
They are the quickest and best way to deal with an intersection.
unless you are from the mid-west (central USA) they have straight grid pattern roads, and have a tendency to stop and cry at round abouts.
as for the other answer there about the boston area, rotary HAS the right of way - ALWAYS, IN and around boston.
2007-11-01 05:34:39 · answer #9 · answered by Gretchen M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not true. There a several roundabouts where I live in central Indiana. And there are some of them in Hilton Head, SC...
2007-10-31 05:36:07 · answer #10 · answered by woocee 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have seen many in California, they are largely at newer intersections or at intersections that have been redone. However, there is one I know of in Berkeley, at the intersection of 5-6 streets in the Berkeley Hills, with a large Bear fountain in the center, that I think was the original intersection built decades ago...
2007-10-31 11:24:09 · answer #11 · answered by wdr7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋